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(No Model.)

H. WINDISOH.

PLUG TOBACCO CUTTER.

Patented Dec. 23, 1884.

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UNiTnn STATES PATENT @HWCEQ lIENRY XVINDISGH, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

PLUG=TOBACCO CUTTER,

EJPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. $09,594:, dated December :23, 1884. Application filed December-2G, 1883. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY Wmnrscn, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plug-Tobacco Gutters, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to furnish a neat and convenient device by which small chips or pieces of tobacco can be quickly and conveniently cut from apiece of plugtobac 00, said device being applied to the plug and carried with the same so as to be at hand for use whenever required; and the invention consists of a guide frame or box applied to the plug of tobacco, and provided with a slitted frame at one end, a cutting or chipping knife pivoted to one corner of the guide-box and provided with a stop-handle, and a ribbed feed-roller supported in side bearings of the guidebox, and projecting through an opening of the same, so as to engage the plug and move the same forward into the path of the cuttingknit'e.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the side elevation of my improved device for cutting plug tobacco, shown as applied to a plug. Figs. 2 and 3 are top views of the same, showing it respectively in closed and in open position; and Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section of the device.

Similar letters of reference indicate the corresponding parts.

A in the drawings represents a guide frame or box, made of suitable metal, and of a size corresponding to the size of the plug of tobacco with which it is to be used. The upper end of the'guide-box A has a thicker edge, a. that is slitted at three sides, and provided with an interior groove at the fourth side, so

as to form a slitted guide-framcfor the cuttingknife 13. The knifeB is pivoted to one corner of the slitted edge u, and provided at its di agonally-opposite corner with a suitable projection, b, that forms a handle for opening and closing the cutting-knife B, and a stop for preventing the contact of the cutting-edge of the knife with the grooved side of the end frame, a. The edge of the knife is sharpened, so as to cut through the plug of tobacco when the knife is moved inward, so as to close the end of the guide-box A. A ribbed roller, 0, turns in side bearings, dd, of the guide'box A, and projects through a side opening, 6, of the same to the inside, so as to take or bite into the plug of tobacco, as shown in Fig. 4.

For cutting off a piece of tobacco, the cutting-knife B is first thrown into open position and the ribbed roller 0 then turned, whereby the plug is moved forward in the guide-box A, so that a portion of the same of suitable size is placed into the path of the cutting knife, and can be cutoff by the pressing home of the same into the slotted end frame, a. Chips or chews of any desired thickness and size may thus be cut oft with great facility without injury to the fingers, the cutting device forming, when the knife is closed, a guard or cover for the end of the plug-tobacco.

The cutting device is carried with the plug in the pocket, and retained thereon by the pressure of the ribbed roller, the device being thereby always ready for use whenever a chip is to be cut from the plug.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent A device for cutting plug-tobacco,consisting of a guide-box fitted to the plug, and having a slitted end frame, a cutting-knife pivoted to one comer of the slitted frame, and provided with a stop-handle, and a ribbed feed-roller that is supported in bearings at one side of the guideframi-e, and adapted to project through a side opening of the same so as to take into the plug of tobacco, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in pres ence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY VINDISGH.

\Vitnesses: CARL KARP, O'rro Rrson. 

